The Huron Expositor, 1978-10-12, Page 10FAMILY SERVICES MEET—A clinical phsycologist David Link Was the
guest speaker at Thursday's annual ,banquet of the Huron Family and
,
Children's Services. Above, Huron's FACS'director John Penn welcomed
Mr: Link: Looking:on are Charles Thomas, president and Verona Snider,
vice president of the Huron FAGS directors. (Times Advocate Photo)
Gallery Stratford plans .
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music season, this winter
Gallery Stratford has an-
nounced an exciting music
series for the coming winter.
The Niagara Madrigal
*gem_ will present on
Friday, November 24th, a
varied programme of English
and Italian Madrigals, some
of .the most beautiful and
intricate music ever com-
posed for voice. Formerly the
St. Catherine's Madrigal
Singers, the group is
tirected by Leonard
ton, noted for his choral work
bath in Canada and the
United States..
The Taussig and Hammer
duo will give a' concert on
Saturday, January. 20th. Mr.
Elyakim Taussig, pianist, is
best known for his work with
Camerata. He has been
soloist with Most major or-
chestras in Canada and his
native Israel. He has made
nine recordings and is •a
frequent soloist on CRC radio
and television. Mr. Taussig
is presently a resident of
Stratford.
Mr. Moshe Hammer,
violinist, has studied in
Israel, and in the United
• States with Jascha Heifetz.
Since coming to Canada, he
has served as concertmaster
of the Calgary Phi lharmonic
orchestra, and has given
concerts internationally.
The third concert in the
series on. Friday, March
.., 30th, will feature Miss Judith
Lebane, soprano. Miss Le-
bane has been soloist for
several years with the
, Canadian Qpera Company.
She is quickly becoming
known as one of Canadeg'
most versatile Singers
through concerts, radio and
teleitision appearances.
The Gaillard Ensemble
vtrill,perform the final concert
on Friday, April 27th. This
quartet is compriSed of
Douglas Perry, viola. Paul
• Meyer, violin; :Robert Bick,
flute; and Paul Pulford, cello.
Series tickets at $18.00
each-are available now at the
Gallery. These programmes
arc supported by the Ontario
Arts Council.
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR OCTOBER 12, 1970
'Serendipity
The Orice was right in 1878
One also teamed ,in the Huron news that "In the
absence of Rev, Mr. Smith, the regular pastor, Mr. T.
McGillicuddy of(the Brussels Post preached in the
Canada Methodist CHurch, Brussels on last Sunday."
Then the writer couldn't help adding, "It is not often.a
newspaperman can be found who is in the proper
condition of mind to fill the shoes of a minister ,on
Sunday." (Alas, how true!)
But the local news was a delightful miscellany of odd
and assorted bits of inforniation, rarely found in today's
newspaper. For example, readers of the Expositor were
warned that the merchants of Wingham hadthcided not
take butter in lieu of payment of book accounts in the'
.future.
Also, a Mr. Mooney of Seaforth decided to open an
evening school in his own house "for the accOmodation
of grown up boys and others who cannot conveiently •
by Mice Glbb
Every,now and thenventennial or:Jo-t oles fun to step
back in time and take a look at life a 'century 'ago.
Certainly one advantage of working in a newspaper is
that you can simply go to the morgue - newspaper slang
forfiles - and quite Inerailly turn back the pages of time
in the old papers.
Now while the masthead of the 1878 Huron 4xpositor
wasn't much different than it is today' - although then
the subscription rate was $.1.50 per year, payable in
advance - almost everything else about the paper was.
different.
First, there was a notable lack of illustrations of any
kind in the 1878 newspaper. The only pictures which
ever broke the monotony of the printed page for
readers were the rare logos used by local advertisers.
One, of the most common logs was the fierce looking
lion found on top of the advertisement of R, Jamieson of
Seaforth, seller of fine dress goods.
The print in 1878 was also markedly smaller than it is
today, and one can imagine many a reader retiring to
bed with a splitting headache after trying to read
between <the lines to the flickering" light of a coal oil
lamp. . •
Arranged
Naturally the news one hundred years ago was quite
different, but news and advertisements were also
arranged in a far different style than they are today.
One of the first things the reader saw when he picked
up his weekly copy of the paper was the list of valuable
real estate for sale - a list which ran down a single
column on the left hand side of the front page.
. While real estate ads themselves have changed
drastically over the. years (particularly in regard to the
price tag attached) the superlatives used in the ads'
aren't .that different from today: For example, in
January., 1878,-readers -could consider purchasing this
piece of property - "Valuable farm for sale east half of
Lot 9, Cori,. 3, McKillop containing:50 acres known as
the Deigle estate. This farm is situated within one mile
and a quarter of Seaforth. The land is of the choicest
quality, There -is a handsome residence and good
Qutbuildinis. The farm is well planted with fruit and
ornamental trees ... It is admirably Suited for a retired
gentleman, a dairy-man .or a market gardener. Terms
easy. (aren.'t they always?) Apply to the proprietor on
the premises or to the Seaforth.Post Office. E. Tesky,
'proprietor." •
The Price
Now while most real estate notices tactfully' didn't
mention the price,' one McKillop ---ToWnship farmer
threw caution ,to the winds in his notice. He not only
offered 100•acres of land for sate on Lot 7, Con. 12 with
"00 acres cleared and well-fenced, a 'frame barik barn,
good young orchard': soil clay loam" he went even a
step further and mentioned the price the 100 acre farm
was selling for an aurrageous $5,000.
When 'the reader .had 'finished perusing the real
estate section, ., he could turn to the columns of
misceltan sous news gleaned from other papers across
the country. While The Expositor tends to concentrate,
on Huron County happenings today, at one time their
scope was the nation and sometimes even the world.
For example, in January, 181, readers co Id le
about the amazing archaelogical discovery of a uried
city called Poinpeii in Italy, a city which was assumed to
have been buried by earthquakes centuries before.
A:' particular concern in the. 1878 Canadian news
seemed to be the danger of Fenians from our
neighbouring country to the south continuing their
dastardly raids across the horder. Now while the
Fenians said they were trying to free Canada from the
British yoke, many were little more than armed thugs.
In May, the Expositor reported that "Captain J',T.
Kirby of the Six Nations Indians says that in the case of
a Fenian invasion he can place at the disposal of the
government one thousand trusty warriors within five
days."
Sitting Bull •
Later in the same paper, it was reported that. "It is
stated in well-infrmed circles at Ottawa, that Sitting sic
Bull ,and his ban have volunteered their full force tb
fight for Great ritain against the Russians and
Fenians, should trouble 'arise about either." Finally, in
the fall of 1878, the Expositor noted that a plot had, been
.uncoyered among Fenians who intended to kidnap the
Marquise of Lorne, and his wife Princess Louise when
they visited Canada on behalf of the Queen of England.
But while the news of Canada, dealing' with
everything from weather conditions, to, suicides and
murder, liktly captured many a reader, the Huron
News offered-an even wider variety of tid- bits to catch
your interest.
For example. in January, we learned that ' the
Seaforth Dramatic Club would give their first
entertainment in the new Cardno's Music-Hall with a
presentation of uncle Tom's Cabin, a"donestic drama
of six acts." And, if theatregoers were se inclined, later
in 'the year they could go and hear Uncle Tom himself,
the Rev. Josiah. Henson of Dresden. when he spoke to
the Primitive Methodists in Mitchell.
attend a' day school, terms $1 a month in advance."
One of the longer reports in the local news briefs in
Weber, 1878;• was a report of the meeting- of the
directors of the Seaforth Mechanics' Institute, the
for nrierof our Carnegie library.
freereation
It seems the directors decided it was time to establish
a recreation room in connection with the institute,, and
So they leased a flat from Mr. Kidd, a local merchant,
"In •the recreation room it is intended to haVe two
billiard tables and chess, draughts and other games,"
t report continued.
for anyone who thought the library should be for
n• . •ok readers only, the editor Went on to
report that the board felt it would be better for the
young men to play their games at the library while
hay ing "their.desire for these amusements gratified at
A less cost than at regular billiard and amusement
saloons, . and be at the same time removed from
temptation and evil association." In other words, if a
man's going to rasie a billiard cue at all, better he raise
it in decent surroundings like those, found in the
meehanit's institute! '
Bu't while the news was one relfection 9f life in 1878,
the, classified advertiseinents also give us a, picture of
the orinardy man's concerns 100 years ago. Certainly
o..te voncern was " .stray stock" and the want ads ,of
contianed as many as 15 or 20 notices of wandering
stock lost somewhere in the county everything from
steers to ewes, •
To Let
-Now-for--the enterprising-person 'who could handle a
thread and needle, there was a frame house to let in the
town of Bettie, Huron County with a "splendid opening
for a tailorsince•thereisnonein the Girls who —
wanted to try their hand at sewing for a living could
apply to Miss, Quinlan of Seaforth who wanted "six
apprentices in the dressmaking trade." But perhaps
the most facinating want ad that year was this one -
"Girl • wanted - girl wanted immediately, a Good
General Servant. Apply at the Church of England
parsonage." Since this same advertisement ran for
some months, today we can only speculate on the cause
- either the parson's wife was difficult to please or else
girls in Canda preferred to be their own mistress, even •
in 1878. But one occupation which was always in
demand was that of a schoolteacher. In 1878, declining
enrolments in the schools were undreamed of, and the
problem facing trustees was finding a teacher willing to
tackle eight grades in the more isolated schools in.
Huron County. ,
Bpt after scanning a number of the 1878 Expositors,
there's one advertisement which still has me baffled.
Robert's Drug Store offered ,their customers -
MCKenzies Dead Shot Worm Cindy. What 1 can't held
wondering is, was the candy a preventative medicine,
was it made froin worms or did people in 1878 just have
more imaginative names for their sweets?
walk:. •
Oct"''. 22 • . •
• Wouldn't Sunday, October
22. be a great day for a calk
in the woods? The .Ausable-
. • Bayfield Conservation Auth-
ority- invites the public to a
guided hike through. the
.• Baimoekburn Wildlife Area •
. on Sunday, October 22, 1978
from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The
.• Bannockburn Wildlife Area
is locatcd',/$„ Miles cast of
'Varna, • off, Huron •Coutity
• Road .3.. ' • .
The guided hikes will
provide a good Opportunity to
view trees, plants and wild, •
• life iu the -crisp autumn air,
Come for
• Bring your binoculars to
get a better look at the .
scenery, surrounding the
Bannockburn River. Please
-set aside Sunday October 22
to "Come Close to Nature."
For further information
enntaet the Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority. 175
Thames Road West, Exeter,
235-2010.
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